Did Ali, SRL, or RJJ duck anyone?

[whollisboxing]

Respect your insight. I'll rephrase and say that SRL waited until he saw enough of a decline in the Marvelous one's abilities that he felt he could overcome the natural size difference. Not a duck but a smart tactical decision.

It was certainly a risky decision too because Leonard wasn't gettin any younger himself, plus he had been out of the ring for awhile. One could argue that he was preserving himself, but the flip side of that is having to knock off rust after a long period of inactivity.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Apparently Pryor admitted years later that he turned down an offer of 750K for the fight. That was way more money then than it is now.

Yeah that was 1980 I think, he was demanding 7 figures. As you say that’s a lot more than it sounds.

[QueensburyRules]

Quit trying to pass off your OPINION as fact and Ive been a serious boxing fan since before you were born so skip that noob shyte in your rectum.


Ali duck Mike falking Weaver to fight Larry Holmes? Thats among the dumbest things Ive ever read on NSB and thats saying a helluva lot. Are you posting for shock value or are you so dumb that you actually believe that?

- - Actually, it be Holmesy who did the majority ducking in his era as a long time single belt holder. Medically impaired Ali was easy $$$ by then.

[buddyr]

Roy Jones whole super middle campaign was bs. After he beat Toney in 94, he did absolutely nothing until he moved up to 175. There were fights out there for him and I think they were all fights he would have won, but for some reason, he wanted to fight the Bryant Brannons and tony thortons of the world. I don't understand it.

[tritium_arma]

Roy Jones whole super middle campaign was bs. After he beat Toney in 94, he did absolutely nothing until he moved up to 175. There were fights out there for him and I think they were all fights he would have won, but for some reason, he wanted to fight the Bryant Brannons and tony thortons of the world. I don't understand it.

That was around the time he signed a big HBO contract and was ok fighting low risk bums for guaranteed money.

[Lomadeaux]

RJJ arguably ducked a prime Calzaghe.

Dude, don't say ****** ****.

Edit: Oh man, realized this was an old thread and I already laughed my ass off at this comment.

[pretty boy_]

SRR lost by a very large amount to Ralph Jones at age 32 and never rematched him. It seems like he should have.

Yup, one of the main reasons I have him #2 on my list. King May had two semi-close fights in his entire career and he respectively rematches both fighters. Both of them.

[The plunger man]

A lot of ppl's boxing knowledge goes back to Floyd & that has more cons than pros. One of the most obvious is: all the "ducking" & protecting your "O" started with him.

SRL was a diva, like Canelo is & Ryan Garcia is. For every fighter the fans say ain't ducking anybody there seems to always be fans will who will say he is/has & vice versa. I don't think there's anybody who's been labeled a diva that realistically hasn't ducked someone. But I also think the word "ducking" is once of the most incorrectly used words if not the most, in boxing.

"I'll fight Tommy Hearns when he's as popular as Roberto Duran" these words he'd be crucified for in this era.

you don’t know what your talking about lol....leonard boxed hearns just 10 months after the 2nd Duran fight.
it was Dundee who wanted the fight to become even juicier and more worldwide not leonard....you don’t duck a fighter when he is just 22 lol

[The plunger man]

It was certainly a risky decision too because Leonard wasn't gettin any younger himself, plus he had been out of the ring for awhile. One could argue that he was preserving himself, but the flip side of that is having to knock off rust after a long period of inactivity.

you cannot duck a fighter who is naturally 2 weights below you....on that basis mayweather ducked gennady golovkin lol